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The Miner-like Plums Named and Described 



LINTON. — Fruit spherical ; size me- 

 dium ; cavity shallow; stem slender: 

 suture a line; color dull red (not 

 dark); dots many, yellow; bloom 

 thin; skin firm; flesh yellow; stone 

 oval, scarcely flattened, cling; quality 

 medium ; season late. 



Crescent City. — Fruit oval ; size 

 medium; cavity shallow; suture a 

 faint line ; color dull red ; dots many, 

 minute; bloom thin, blue; skin me- 

 dium thick; flesh yellow; stone large, 

 oval, slightly flattened, cling; quality fair; season medium late. 

 Originated with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa. 



Decker (Decker's Seedling). — Fruit somewhat conical; 

 size medium to large ;' suture distinct ; apex obscurely 

 pointed; color red; dots many, yellowish; skin thin, free 

 from harshness ; flesh yellow ; stone thick, rough, obscurely 

 margined, nearly free; flavor "rich and delicious" (Goff) ; 

 season medium. 



Introduced about 1897 by W. S. Wedmoyer, Dresbach, 

 Minnesota. "Thought by some to be identical with Miner." 



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